You know the excitement around Field Day is growing when you see an ARRL message of an electronic billboard on Times Square in NYC.

Yes Field Day made the big time with this announcement that flashed on one of the big screens in one of the most the famous places in the world.

Field Day is coming this weekend and it’s a test of North American hams to operate under simulated emergency conditions. Thousands of hams from hundreds of clubs take to the fields to work for 24 hours straight under less than ideal conditions.